Onions are the base of pretty much everything. They form one of the basic building blocks of any well stocked kitchen. Please buy some. I know its cold outside and you have cereal but please please roll into your pygamas, crawl to the nearest Tesco and retrieve a few. They’re dirt cheap and you’re going to need them if you ever want to be a PWCFH.

Chopping up the onion

• Chop the top and bottom off the onion and cut vertically in half leaving the root attached.
• Peel the skin away, discarding the brown layers, until you are left with the white onion halves.
• Take one half and set it on the big flat side so that it arches upward. Make cuts along the thin green lines on the surface, then cut horizontally in half, holding th slices together as you chop.
• Repeat with the other half.